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Essay / The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator System: Intuition and...
The question to illustrate their differences was: “Suppose your little league team has the chance to play in the World Series. But only 8 of the 12 boys on the team can go. How do you decide who should go? Sensitive personalities backed away. They couldn't make this impossible choice. Crushing a little boy's spirit by telling him he wasn't good enough to play was worse than losing the World Series. The thoughtful personalities gritted their teeth, they weren't happy about leaving part of their team behind, but it was a necessary sacrifice. Emotional personalities consider the emotions and perspectives of others when making a decision. on any objective or physical price. They are usually unable or unwilling to make choices that might hurt the feelings of those they care about. Thoughtful personalities are by no means lacking in empathy, but they are willing to do the right thing, whatever the cost. Thinking and feeling personalities can also resemble introverts or extroverts in that thinking types sometimes like to surround themselves with books and knowledge. Sentimental types naturally get along better with people, because they understand other people's emotions effortlessly and can play on them for good or bad..